Italy Capital

The capital city of Italy is Rome. It has been the capital city of Italy since 1870, following the unification of Italy. However, its history dates back 28 centuries. Rome is located in the central-western region of Italy, in Lazio on River Tiber. Rome is 1,285 square kilometres and is the largest city in Italy.

Rome has a population of 2.8 million people who reside in the city itself. This is the most populous city in Italy and the fourth-most populated city in the European Union. The urban area of Rome is home to around 3.8 million people while the whole metropolitan area has 4.3 million people.

Roma is a historic city, regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful ancient cities. It is home to many priceless works of art, museums, palaces, parks, gardens, churches, temples and many more. Rome hosts all the principal institutions of Italy such as the parliament, the presidency of the republic, the main judicial courts as well as embassies. It also has numerous art institutes and museums like the Colosseum and the Pantheon.

The climate of Rome is Mediterranean, as classified under the Koppen Climate Classification. It has cool, humid winters and warm, dry summers. January is its coolest month with an average temperature of 12 degrees Celsius during the day and 3 degrees Celsius during the night. There is rare snowfall almost each winter but it generally does not accumulate.

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Rome
Languages	Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Ethnic Groups	Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Religion	Christian 80% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim (about 800,000 to 1 million), atheist and agnostic 20%
Government	Parliamentary republic
Independance	17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not finally unified until 1871)
Area	301,340.00 km²
Water Area	7,200.00 km²
Land Area	294,140.00 km²
Population	62,007,540.00 Despite a distinctive pattern with an industrial north and an agrarian south, a fairly even population distribution exists throughout most of the country, with coastal areas, the Po River Valley, and urban centers (particularly Milan, Rome, and Naples), attracting larger and denser populations
Location	Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
No. Bordering Countries	6
Bordering Countries	Austria 404 km, France 476 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.4 km, San Marino 37 km, Slovenia 218 km, Switzerland 698 km
GDP(PPP)	$2,220,000,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$36,300.00 (USD)
Export Partners	Its major export partners are Germany, France, and the United States.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are engineering products, textiles and clothing, and production machinery.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are Germany, France, and China.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include engineering products, chemicals, and transport equipment.
Climate	Predominantly Mediterranean; alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Terrain	Mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
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